丈二和尚，摸不着头脑

zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo

คำจำกัดความ

1. lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
2. fig. at a total loss

คำย่อยของ 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 二 èr: two
• 和 hé: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
• 和 hè: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
• 和 hú: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 和 huó: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
• 和 huò: to mix (ingredients) together
• 和尚 hé shang: Buddhist monk
• 尚 shàng: still
• 摸 mō: to feel with the hand
• 着 zhāo: (chess) move
• 着 zháo: to touch
• 着 zhe: aspect particle indicating action in progress
• 着 zhuó: to wear (clothes)
• 头 tóu: head
• 头脑 tóu nǎo: brains
• 丈 zhàng: measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
• 不着 bù zháo: no need
• 摸不着 mō bu zháo: can't touch
• 摸不着头脑 mō bu zháo tóu nǎo: to be unable to make any sense of the matter
• 脑 nǎo: brain